The excavation of a ‘lost’ medieval cemetery on the route of the N15 Bundoran–Ballyshannon Bypass has created the opportunity for an innovative research project based at the Institute of Technology, Sligo.The aim of this research study is to extract and amp
archaeology | analysis and testing techniques | DNA
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Human palaeopathology has been defined as the scientific study of disease processes in past populations through the examination of human remains (Aufderheide & Rodríguez- Martin 1998, 1). It examines how diseases have evolved and changed over periods of time and how humans
archaeology | analysis and testing techniques | paleopathology
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Concentrations of major, minor and trace elements within archaeological bone reflect elemental concentrations in diet and subsistence patterns of the sampled population. Through the determination of a variety of elements (substances, such as iron, that cannot be resolved by
archaeology | analysis and testing techniques | chemical analysis
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The term ‘disarticulated bone’ refers to skeletal elements that over time become disassociated from their primary context as a result of a variety of factors, including animal activity, erosion and, not least, human behaviour—such as grave-digging. In the case of the di
archaeology | analysis and testing techniques | osteology
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People were being buried at Ballyhanna, in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, from at least the 12th century (Illus. 1).They were laid to rest to the east and south of a small, mortared stone church, which, at the time, stood on the banks of the Erne River, close to the strategic fording
archaeology | analysis and testing techniques | burials
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